Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, November 8, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (8/11/2025) at 9:35 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted twice.

Citing eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached 300 meters above the peak or 1,625 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 57 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on November 8, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 39 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 0.4-3 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-69 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 0.7 millimeters and a duration of 43 seconds, and 3 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 0.2-0.3 millimeters and durations of 35-289 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral expansion of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 6,911 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,775 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,474 times.

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